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Re: Sponsons
By:Nick Schade
Date: 6/30/1998, 7:18 pm
In Response To: Sponsons (Timothy - Toronto, Ontario)

Sponsons can be a useful training tool, like training wheels and have some use as an additional safety device in some situations. However, if you want a stable kayak, get a kayak that is designed to be stable, it will work better than a kayak with baloons tied to the side.

> How useful are sponsons, and can anyone recommend a particular
> manufacturer? I am a novice, paddling on Lake Ontario. The water is
> quite cold, the lake is quite windy, and I REALLY don't want to get
> pulled out of the water by some obnoxious, drunken power boater.

Messages In This Thread

Sponsons
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 6/30/1998, 4:27 pm
Re: Sponsons
Ross Leidy -- 7/1/1998, 4:52 pm
Re: Sponson articles
Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 5:28 pm
Re: Sponsons
Nick Schade -- 6/30/1998, 7:18 pm
Oh, please, say it isn't so
Ross Leidy -- 6/30/1998, 5:15 pm
Re: Let's not be hasty
Mark Kanzler -- 6/30/1998, 6:49 pm
Re: Let's not be hasty
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 7/1/1998, 9:59 am
Re: Sponsons as emergency equipment
Karl Coplan -- 7/1/1998, 11:17 am
Re: Sponsons as emergency equipment
Shawn Baker -- 7/3/1998, 4:03 pm
Re: Sponsons as emergency equipment
Ross Leidy -- 7/1/1998, 11:52 am
Re: Sponson pic
paul lund -- 6/30/1998, 7:12 pm
Re: Sponson pic & cheap suggestion
Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 10:51 am